Hometown: Towanda, IL
Family: Wife Tonda; Daughter Briana and her husband Justin Blake and grandson Ethan; Son MacKenzie and his wife Courtney; and daughter Emily
Education: Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Arizona; Master of Fine Arts, Brooklyn College; Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, additional study, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Life Verse: Philippians 4:8